Review Summary

The filmmaker Josh Koury has latched onto a great subject for “We Are Wizards,” his amusing if unfocused documentary peek at some of the more engaged fans (and opportunists) circulating in the Harry Potter world. The problem is that he has actually latched onto so many subjects in this 79-minute movie — fandom as an act of creation, intellectual property rights in the Internet age, conglomerate bullying — that he can’t get a real grasp on any of them. That’s too bad because there’s a fair bit to enjoy, including the righteousness of the Potter true believer Heather Lawver, who in 2001, at 16, took on Warner Brothers (which makes the films) for a fan’s right to be not just a consumer of mass culture but also a participant in it. — Manohla Dargis